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First recorded case of tiger killing Eurasian lynx

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Interspecific interference competition including lethal interactions are notoriously difficult to document. While lethal interactions between Amur tigers, Amur leopards, and wolves have all been recorded, no records of such incidents between tigers and the Eurasian lynx exist. Following tiger tracks in Bastak Nature Reserve (Russia), we recorded the first documented case of a tiger stalking and killing a lynx.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund, the Tiger Conservation Campaign of the North American Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and the Columbus Zoo for support needed to work in Bastak Nature Reserve. We thank the Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation, the Walt Disney Company, the Disney Conservation Fund, Feld Entertainment, and the Tigris Foundation for additional support.

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  1. Pacific Geographical Institute, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690 041, Russia

    Yuri K. Petrunenko

  2. Bastak State Zapovednik, Birobidjian, Jewish Autonomous Region, 67014, Russia

    Ivan L. Polkovnikov

  3. Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY, 10460, USA

    Martin Gilbert & Dale G. Miquelle

  4. Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK

    Martin Gilbert

  5. Department of Ecology, Far Eastern Federal University, Ayaks, Russki Island, Vladivostok, 690950, Russia

    Dale G. Miquelle

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Petrunenko, Y.K., Polkovnikov, I.L., Gilbert, M. et al. First recorded case of tiger killing Eurasian lynx. Eur J Wildl Res 62, 373–375 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-016-1007-z

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